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Re:Ask HN: Why are ISO standards so expensive? by jjoonathan on Thursday June 13, 2019 @01:57PM (#20177181)
$100 isn't a roadblock to a funded implementation effort, but that's not the only meaningful interaction a functioning society can or should have with a standard. $100 is a large roadblock to many other types of meaningful interaction.
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Re:Ask HN: Why are ISO standards so expensive? by la_barba on Thursday June 13, 2019 @06:56PM (#20179328)
"What they should be" is always an arguable position. We can only hold them accountable to their own charter.
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Re:Ask HN: Why are ISO standards so expensive? by jjoonathan on Friday June 14, 2019 @07:35AM (#20182112)
Why on earth would you think that? I don't give one whit about their charter. Neither should you. In all likelihood, neither do they.
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Re:Ask HN: Why are ISO standards so expensive? by la_barba on Friday June 14, 2019 @11:44AM (#20183898)
Because I'm not an idealist, and I don't want to be one. I'd like to think I'm a practical person who looks at what can be done realistically. It has worked out OK for me so far. YMMV.
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